Virtuous Life

Shriveled hopes, parched dreams,
Troubled thoughts, crippled emotions,
Perpetual suffering, ignominy and contempt,
Shrunken the shrinking violet.

Impeccancy , toil and moil
Leads not to vaulting ambitions.
Perpetual constraints and restraints
Leaves vestigial traces of success.
Languor smears and
Doubt encircles:
If god himself favours profligates!

Scrutinizing the lives of  renowned personalities:
Those vicariously suffering for society
Those impeteously succumbed to desires
Those warped with abundant wealth
And those with only the country as their breath.

Contemplation unveils:
As years pass by and age ensues
Time allows us to traverse and recall,
As to what we are
At the threshold of death.

Then,
If ever a man rests without pain or guilt,
If ever a man has no fear of doomsday,
If ever a man has no complaints or regrets,
Inspite of flaws and failures in his life,
Finds happiness in his little doings.
Embraces death in tranquility,
Indubitably, he has lived a virtuous life.